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The Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1915: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on December 25, 1915Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 December 1915400,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 25, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
400,007 km248,553 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 21, 191512:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 29, 191512:59

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Saturday, December 25, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1915 to the new moon of January 5, 1916, a cycle of 29.45 days.